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Title: Luis Echeverría alive at 97 Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on November 23, 2019, 04:33:31 PM Recently we've been shocked to learn Edouard Balladur is alive at 90. But then came this even bigger shocker.
Title: Re: Luis Echeverría alive at 97 Post by: CumbrianLefty on November 23, 2019, 06:31:27 PM Last in the news with the inquiries into the repression of the 1968 student protests in Mexico, but even that was a decade ago now.
Title: Re: Luis Echeverría alive at 97 Post by: Middle-aged Europe on November 23, 2019, 07:53:51 PM Echeverría also kind of entered public consciousness recently because of Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, at least as far as I am concerned.
The oldest living ex-head of state/government is Yasuhiro Nakasone though. Age 101. The still living ex-head of state/government whose term in office is the farthest back into the past: Mustafa Ben Halim, prime minister of Libya from 1954 to 1957. Alive at age 98. Title: Re: Luis Echeverría alive at 97 Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on November 29, 2019, 05:48:06 PM The oldest living ex-head of state/government is Yasuhiro Nakasone though. Age 101. I guess we've jinxed it. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/11/9aa816c91bed-breaking-news-ex-japanese-prime-minister-nakasone-dies-at-101.html Ironically, I've read of him earlier today in context of Jaruzelski's state visit to Japan during his tenure. Title: Re: Luis Echeverría alive at 97 Post by: Tintrlvr on November 29, 2019, 07:39:21 PM Breaking News: Francisco Franco is still
Title: Re: Luis Echeverría alive at 97 Post by: Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian. on November 29, 2019, 08:46:25 PM The oldest living ex-head of state/government is Yasuhiro Nakasone though. Age 101. I guess we've jinxed it. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/11/9aa816c91bed-breaking-news-ex-japanese-prime-minister-nakasone-dies-at-101.html Ironically, I've read of him earlier today in context of Jaruzelski's state visit to Japan during his tenure. RIP, HP. |